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April 26, 2013

A 71-year-old man from North Dakota is in fair condition at an Aberdeen hospital after he was pinned underneath a piece of farm equipment Wednesday afternoon, said Dickey County Emergency Manager Charlie Russell.

The man, who was on a farm near Guelph, N.D., was performing maintenance on a digger when the hydraulic cylinder gave out, causing the machine to fall on his legs, Russell said.

The man was pinned for about 30 minutes or so, Russell said. The man was lucky this digger had a rake attachment rather than a disc because his injuries would have probably been much worse, Russell said.

The man was taken by ambulance to the Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center, where he is in fair condition, an administrative resource nurse said on Thursday. His name was not yet available.

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The Dickey County Sheriff's Office and the Ellendale Fire Department responded to the accident, Russell said.